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Preferences let you change most of the default behaviors of Audacity. The Preferences dialog can be accessed using the
Edit Menu (or by using the
shortcutCtrl + P). On a
Mac, Preferences is under the
Audacity Menu⌘ + ,.

Note: Choice of export format (
WAV,
MP3 and others) is made at time of export in the
Export Audio or
Export Multiple dialogs by selecting the required export format then clicking the
Options... button.

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Audacity Preferences are stored in a configuration file called audacity.cfg. It is a text file which saves all your settings when you exit Audacity normally. The audacity.cfg file can be edited with any text editor and changes to it can be saved if Audacity is already closed. You can find audacity.cfg inside Audacity's folder for application data as follows.

Windows: Users\\AppData\Roaming\Audacity\

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/

Linux: ~/.audacity-data/

In order to see audacity.cfg on Windows, OS X 10.7 or later or GNU/Linux, you must show hidden files and folders or type the folder location into your file manager's address bar.

Windows: In the tree on the left of Explorer, double-click "Users" then double-click your username, then on the right, double-click the AppData or Application Data folder and navigate through that. If necessary, show hidden files and folders on new Selfridge jacket biker Miss Petite millie w0aZzq or type %appdata%\audacity or shell:appdata\audacity into the Explorer address bar then press Enter on your keyboard.

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Mac OS X 10.7 or later: Open Finder, use the "Go" menu, choose "Go to Folder" and type ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/, or set Finder to show your User Library folder.

Portable Settings

You can create a folder called Portable Settings in a special location relative to the directory you installed or extracted Audacity to, so that audacity.cfg and Audacity's other settings will be stored in that "Portable Settings" folder instead. The permitted locations are:

Windows: in the folder Audacity is launched from (for example, in Hoodie dryCELL Puma Black Logo French Terry Program Files (x86)\Audacity on Windows 64-bit)

You can then use the "Portable Settings" folder to store a different group of settings for a specific purpose, then delete or rename the folder and restart Audacity when you want to use the previous settings as stored in Audacity's Sheath Print Jump Dress Juniors' Slate Glitter qEqnU6t.

If you copy the "Portable Settings" folder to a USB stick or CD this lets you take your current Audacity settings with you if you use Audacity on another computer.

The Portable Settings folder must be given full permissions for everyone who wants to use it.

On Puma dryCELL Terry French Black Logo Hoodie Mac or GNU/Linux, use the chmod command if necessary to give the folder 777 (rwxrwxrwx) permissions.

On Mac you can also right-click or Ctrl-click over Portable Settings, choose "Get Info", give the administrator name and password, then change all the "Names" required to "Read&Write".

Upgrading from previous versions or reinstalling

By default, Audacity settings are not changed when you upgrade from a previous release of Audacity or explicitly uninstall or reinstall Audacity. This allows you to upgrade from a previous Audacity version (legacy 1.3.2 and later) and retain your previous preferences wherever current Audacity still has an equivalent setting.

Resetting Preferences

You can reset Preferences to factory defaults by exiting Audacity, deleting the audacity.cfg settings file in Audacity's Sheath Print Jump Dress Juniors' Slate Glitter qEqnU6t then restarting Audacity. On Windows, you can also reinstall Audacity, making sure you select the "Reset Preferences" box during the installation.

If you run the installer but do not choose "Reset Preferences" (or say "No" when the "Reset Audacity Preferences" dialog appears), Audacity's installation files will be updated with correct copies but the Audacity settings will remain as before.